Dropbox articles

With iOS 8 just out today, popular cloud storage service Dropbox has said that Apple’s new operating system is causing a compatibility issue that may prevent its automatic upload feature from working as it should.

Dropbox has released its latest transparency report, revealing that the company received 268 law enforcement requests for user information and between 0 to 249 national security requests between January and July 2014.

A group of technology companies, from startups to Silicon Valley giants, have joined forces to ward off patent trolls -- people or firms that buy old patents and try to monetize them by accusing others of infringement.

Microsoft on Monday revealed intentions to more than double the amount of OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) cloud storage offered to regular users to 15GB. Up to this point, storage for non-paying subscribers was capped at 7GB (or 25GB for early adopters).

Just a month after acquiring Loom, a startup that offered photo and video storage to Apple device users, Dropbox made another acquisition yesterday, snapping up 3D photo stitching technology start-up Bubbli. The company sent out an email to its users announcing…

Just a week after rolling out Carousel, an iOS and Android app that serves as a gallery for all your photos and videos, Dropbox has acquired Loom, a startup that offers photo and video storage to Apple device users. The…

Recently news of Condoleezza Rice being appointed to the Dropbox board of directors hit, and now internet activists are up in arms calling for company founder Drew Houston to reconsider the decision. While it is understandable why Dropbox might want…

Dropbox doesn't want to be just storage space for your digital photos anymore, it's also hoping to become the primary way you access and share them. The cloud storage company yesterday launched Carousel, a new iOS and Android app that…

Dropbox on Wednesday announced Dropbox for Business, a new product that caters to working professionals that also want to use their account for personal stuff. It’ll compete directly with a number of competitors with similar offerings such as OneDrive for…

Dropbox's privacy policy came under the scanner on Saturday after one of its business customers tweeted that the cloud storage service blocked a file from being shared under U.S. copyright law. The tweet has been retweeted more than 3235 times…

Dropbox will soon enable a new feature that will finally let users connect their work and personal accounts on any of their devices. You don’t need to sign in and out for switching, instead you'll be able to see both…

Many of us here at TechSpot use Droplr on a daily basis to quickly share screenshots. While this simple app is great at what it does, since it moved to a subscription-only model I decided to look for a replacement. It’s just hard to justify paying $4.99 a month when there are quite a few options out there that work just as well.

For those unfamiliar with the service, Droplr offers a quick and easy way to share not just screenshots, but also text snippets and any type of files. No folders, no syncing. It excels at simplicity. But if, like me, you feel it’s not critical enough to your workflow to pay a monthly subscription, here are some free alternatives you should look at.

Google on Thursday revealed significant price cuts for its Google Drive cloud storage and synchronization service. Effective immediately, each paid tier is now cheaper than it was yesterday which will no doubt put even more pressure on the competition.

VLC released Monday version 2.2.0 of its iOS app. The update brings along a native iOS 7 interface, one-touch playback controls, playback support for HEVC (H.265) and VP9 formats, and many more features.

Cloud storage provider Dropbox went offline for several hours on Friday. Those claiming to be members of the loose knit hacking collective Anonymous were quick to claim responsibility for the downtime but Dropbox officials have since confirmed that a routine…

File hosting company MediaFire is enhancing its service today with the announcement of MediaFire Desktop. Available for both Windows and Mac, MediaFire's new client will allow users to upload files to the cloud from the desktop, along with additional sharing…

Google is expanding Gmail's quick action button functionality with the addition of one-click access to several more popular web services. This means that, when applicable, a button will appear next to emails in your inbox so you can quickly view Youtube…

We last reported on developer Koushik Dutta with his Chromecast mod that allowed users to stream local video and audio content from their Android device. The developer has now released an APK based on the mod and dubbed it AirCast.

Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook have come together along with several other major technology firms and civil liberty groups to demand a deeper level of transparency surrounding U.S. National Security Agency surveillance activity.

Undoubtedly, one of the most popular open source media players available today is VLC, and it's been that way for quite some time now. As a project backed by many well versed contributors it's available in a wide range of…

Facebook will be losing some key talent this week as Josh Williams and Tim Van Damme are both leaving the social network. Williams was the co-founder of Gowalla, a location-based check-in startup that Facebook acquired for their talent pool in 2011.

Yesterday Dropbox kicked off its first developer conference since launching in 2008 by announcing a new set of APIs designed to better integrate the service with every app on every device you own. Two APIs were specifically mentioned during the…

Popular e-mail app Mailbox has been redesigned specifically with the iPad in mind following a successful run as a general iOS 6 app. Version 1.3, which is available immediately without the wait, also includes some general bug fixes although it…

A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has provided rankings for many of the top companies with access to users' personal information. The report focuses on how willing each company is to fight to protect the private information…